My one year old daughter is growing to appreciate books. At first she treated books as an object just like any other. But with dexterity comes fascination with turning pages, seeing images, and with time listening to words & stories. By the time she hits four like her big brother books will be best repeated […]
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Saturday night I couldn’t sleep. As a kid Christmas eve night may have gone sleepless with anticipation of morning loot. Recent weekend’s I loose sleep in sermon prep. But neither was the case for me Saturday, as I lay in bed transfixed with one thought: that THIS NIGHT, more than any other, demands peace from […]
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Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 It’s not hard to imagine Luke sitting down with Mary the mother of Jesus to hear for the first time the story from Luke 1:26-28, 46-55. Mary: wrinkled, worn, wise, and beautiful, what some people call an “old soul,” like Maya Angelou, or Mother Teresa. Luke: young, brash, studious, nervous. He invited […]
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The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. John 1:14 (The Message) Supposedly, Jesus was fully divine and fully human all at the same time. That means he was a real human being, who needed to be fed, changed, burbed and who cried a lot. It’s easy to loose touch with Jesus humanity. […]
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Santa Claus gets a bad rap from a lot of people. And well he should. He represents all that is wrong with Christmas: sentimentalism, forced belief in lies, consumption and consumerism, and a total disconnect from the Christmas story. His jolly-wielding belly laugh can’t begin to redeem such a diversion. A diversion Houston could live […]
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A quick search at chron.com confirms my suspicion: tis the season for redistricting. Sunday’s Opinion section had a great visual of how important redistricting can be in swaying votes one direction or another. On Friday the Houston Chronicle editorial talked about Texas’ “improper standard or methodology” for redistricting that did not adequately “reflect the interests of voters.” On Monday […]
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In honour of World AIDS Day, December 1, I invite you to celebrate the courage of people everywhere who continue to build their lives while living with HIV and AIDS, and the perseverance of churches in taking action against AIDS. Worldwide there are 34 million people living with HIV and 16.6 million AIDS orphans. That’s a staggering […]
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For some of us the holidays bring an intense feeling that there’s nothing new under the sun. Stores and malls put up the same décor as always, perhaps a little earlier. Black Friday brings the same crazed shoppers, miraculous discounts, and of course shopping injuries. We become frantically busy with parties, preparations, and year end. […]
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